Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Hello and Happy Tuesday! So, I've been blogging now for about 10 wonderful months, and since then I've received several emails from you about having difficulty finding some of the foods that I blog about about in your local area. So, I thought today I'd do something different and hold my own giveaway in an effort to send a package of five yummy snacks that I've featured on the blog to a loyal reader! :)

So, what's in the Yummy Diet Food Snack Pack? Some of my favorite snacks of course!

(1) One large bag of Snikiddy Grilled Cheese Puffs: On top of being healthy, these organic cheese puffs are a perfect blend of cheese flavor and crunch, making them a really fun and satisfying treat/snack to eat. One portion is only 120 calories, 5 grams of fat, and 1 gram of fiber, and 3 weight watchers points (I know, I wish it was 2, but just not enough fiber). And, they are gluten free!

(2) One bag Bananamon Flavor Funky Monkey Freeze Dried Fruit: We all know that we are supposed to integrate several servings of fruits and vegetables into our diets every day. Dried fruit is definitely very portable, so I'm always on the lookout for interesting dried fruit options at the store. Funky Monkey distinguishes itself from many dried fruit options in two important ways: (1) the fruit has no added sugar so it is low calorie, and (2) the fruit is combined with other natural flavors (like cinnamon, lime juice, acai) that make it extremely yummy!

(3) One Milk Chocolate Qbel Chocolate Wafer Roll: QBel Wafers are like pirouline rolls (round crispy/flaky wafers), except these are coated inside with a thin layer of chocolate and then covered with an even more perfect layer of dark chocolate around the outside.

(4) One Cucumber flavored Hint Flavored Water: If you are too busy to make your own naturally flavored water, I have to say Hint water is a very close substitute. The fruit flavor is very subtle, but yummy enough to help me easily drink my 8 cups of water per day. I really like drinking Hint water when it is refrigerated versus warm.

(5) One canister of flavor "65" Chocolate Covered Cocoa Nibs: The sweet riot chocolate covered cocoa nibs are really fabulous, and as much as I adore the other dark chocolate cocoa nibs I've blogged about, I have to say the one serving size container these come in also makes them really cool! What's also cool about the container is that you can re-use it by filling it with small one size servings of nuts, other treats, or even more coca nibs.

The giveaway is very simple. Just leave a comment on this posting about a food (or foods) that you wanted to try but you could not find, *or* a food that I've blogged about that you love. If you leave your comment on this posting between now and Sunday March 29th at 8:00pm, you will be eligible to win the package of the 5 snacks that I've pictured at the top of this posting! I'll choose a winner at random next Monday, March 30th.

Since I live in a small town in Louisiana, you can imagine how few items I am ever able to find . . . we have no Trader Joe's and the nearest Whole Foods is an hour away. I would LOVE to try anything!!! Thanks so much. Emily

Another awesome giveaway! Congrats on blogging for 10 months--sometimes it can be alot, but the experience is so well worth it will what you discover and people you meet! Hope you have another 10+ great months and more ahead of you.

hmm a particular food item that i've heard about but can never find? vitatops - they're supposedly carrying them in stores now, but i can never locate them!

and this is another item that may not have been featured on your blog: dutch processed cocoa powder. i heard that dutch processed is the best to use, but i can never find it in stores. does anyone know where i can get it?

I have been looking for Attune Probiotic bars and Fage yogurt. I am having a really hard time finding either one. I have seen the yogurt at stores that are a little over an hour away from where I live but nothing closer.

i am from los angeles but currently i live outside philaldephia any health food products are hard to find here. and the few trader joes and whole foods that exist are not very close trips. i miss all the options in la. and def want to try those cheese puffs you featured!

I would love to try the CedarLane Fajita Chicken Burritos or some of the treats/bars you get at Trader Joes. My nearest TJ's & Whole Foods is a little over a hour away, so I only get there about twice a year, but I'll have a great list of ideas for when I do go. Thanks so much....

I've really wanted to try the Cedarlane Fajita Chicken Burrito ever since you wrote about it... but I haven't been able to find it anywhere! I love the beans and cheese version, but the chicken version has been MIA. Hopefully I'll find it soon!

I love reading your blog and finding out new products!! You're rigth though that some areas dont carry the amazing snacks you blog about. I can't find 1. the diet cheese puffs, and 2. the chocolate better n' butter PB. I've found the original but i'm eager to try CHOCOLATE!

I love the Snikiddy grilled cheese puffs even before I became a weight watcher! I am able to find many of the items in my WA state Whole Foods but unfortunately I think the stores in CA are bigger and therefore have more selection. I wish I could get those Crave samosas and Whole Kitchen Potato Rondelet you've spoke of!

I would love to try the grilled cheese puffs and the chocolate wafer...actually i would like to try all of these things..I have nowhere here that i can find them at. And since i've known of them i havent been able to drive to a bigger city to find them..I broke my ankle and cant go anywhere.

I finally made it to a Whole Foods more than an hour away but still couldn't find the Pizza Munchees, the CedarLane chicken fajita burrito, sweet riot cacao nibs (although I tried the Kopali kind.. yum!), the Indian pakoras, or cocoa berries (though I knew that one was a long shot). I'd love to try everything in your giveaway!

I've been reading your blog for some time now and have found it very helpful! Thankfully, many of the items that you post are carried by my local Whole Foods and some are at Harris Teeter also. I haven't been able to find those stuffed pizza pretzel thangs ANYWHERE though! I wonder if my area stores just don't carry it or if I am looking in the wrong places. I salivate just thinking about those. Also, your blog turned me on to Bigelow's Eggnogg'n tea ... I bought up at the last few boxes at my area Giant ... yummylicious!!!

Went to Whole foods to find the coacoa nibs & Figamajigs. I like to have something sweet at work to avoid the endless amounts of junk food my company keeps stocked. Alas, no one had heard of Figamajigs, and they told me the coacoa nibs are seasonal, and might not be back :( I would love to try them!!!

oh my goodness i read your e-mail/blogs like EVERY day! i always get excited to try products and the ones i can't find makes me so upset!!i wanted to try cocoa nibs, Figamajigs, the peas of mind puffets (those sound DELISH), the pizza munchees and the pizza pretzel i couldn't find and so many more.i would LOVE to win this snack pack!!

I've been dying to try the Qbel Chocolate Wafer Rolls, but I haven't found them ANYWHERE! Those are my favorite types of chocolate treats with the crisp wafer. Fage yogurt and PB2 are a staple in my diet, so I loved reading about it in your blog. I love your blog and will continue to check and read up everyday! Thanks!

Thanks for being so generous! About a month ago, I went to look for those banana puffets at Whole Foods and was told they didn't carry it. Just today I went to look for those Vitatops and was told the same thing. I told the guy that Vitalicious' website listed Whole Foods as one of their retailers. His reply was, "Oh, really? I don't know then." LOL! Geez.

Hey. There are so many thing that i haven't been able to find here in Jackson, MS!!!!!! I started trying to ask some of the grocers to carry the stuff but i have given up! We don't have a Trader Joe's anywhere near here and I know that is where you find a bunch of your things! I would love to try your yummy finds!!! pick me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love, love, love the Kim and Scott's PIZZA PRETZELS!! fantastico! Canadian grocery stores (not even Whole Foods) do not carry all of the products...would love to try the fat-free cheese that you rave about...

aw, how sweet of you to offer suck a generous pack of goodies to a reader! i have never tried anything in there, but they all look sound amazing! the funky monkey freeze dried fruit sounds great, the banana cinnamon combination sounds really tasty.

I don't live anywhere near a Trader Joes... but would love to check one out sometime... not that you could bring that to me, just saying!I love PB2. I went two years without eating peanut butter, and frankly never thought I would again... but I love this stuff! I actually purchased it several months ago, but was too chicken to try it. After I saw your post about it, I broke it out, and I am so glad I did. I have the chocolate one too - it really does taste chocolaty, but I like the plain the best.

I LOVE this site! It is much needed and much appreciated! My husband and I have searched the town over for the Cedar Lane Chicken Fajita Burritos. I've just recently conveyed the importance of healthy eating to my husband, but we are constantly searching for easy and healthy things for him to take to work for his lunches. He saw your post and would LOVE to find some! Thanks again for this site! I know it has proven invaluable to us on our journey to live (and consequently) feel much better!!

I love Kashi Go Lean Crunch mixed in w/ yogurt. I also buy Cuties and wasabi peas all the time. Love them too! Also have tried Clif and Soy Joy bars...liking the Clif better. I have just discovered edamame and appreciate your ideas on various ways to enjoy it. Have eaten soy nuts for years, but am loving green right out of the shell. I also ahev saved many healthy recipes that I can't wait to try this summer with grilling and picnics. I am a peanut butter NUT and wish I cou;d find PB2 on local store shelves, but no luck. Thanks for this great site!~Allison

Where I live there aren't any Wholefoods or Trader Joe's readily available (or any other organic-type food stores). I want to try so many of these things but especially the funky monkey fruit!! Thanks!

I would love to be able to find PB2, freeze dried fruit, and those stuffed pizza crusts. However, I love dark chocolate adora, fage yogurt (especially with Kashi Go Lean and dried cranberries mixed in), fiberful bars, and gnu bars. Juliet, thanks so much for this great blog. I'm a college student in a rural town who struggles to eat heathfully, and your blog helps me to do so by giving me great ideas to try out.

Oh my goodness..first I want to say what a great website!! I was searching the net for acai berry supplements to increase energy and to feel better overall. I have been watching what I eat for some time now and it is very hard to find healthful choices in your supermarket. In my search I noticed the funky monkey dried fruit..I was drawn to these because of my sweet tooth..Can you please tell me where to find them?

I've never seen any of those snacks. But mm those wafers look yummtastic!

I've always wanted to try 0% Fage yogurt, but alas! My parents can't find it at our local grocery store, and I think even if they did, they wouldn't buy it for me unless it was on sale, lol. Curse being a minor!!

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Hello. My name is Juliet. I live in Northern California, the Bay Area. I love food! But, I am health conscious and I try to follow the Weight Watchers plan while simultaneously eating really healthy, yummy, "better-for-me" low calorie foods!

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